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This is an ongoing debate between inclusionists and deletionists and it is far from settled even though the deletionists would have you believe the war is over.
by mcny 2y ago
This is an ongoing debate between inclusionists and deletionists and it is far from settled even though the deletionists would have you believe the war is over.
See also
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Inclusionism https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Inclusionism
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deletionism https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deletionism
- ang_cire 2y agoI mean, no matter where you fall philosophically, Wikipedia does take resources to host, including storage costs, and they're always strapped for cash. If they could be assured of never needing to reduce pages to not run out of money, I would have no logical objection to having a page for everything, but as someone who's donated quite a bit to them, they are most assuredly not in that position. If the day comes that their hosting costs match or exceed their available funds, I'd much rather know that what is there is all the most important information, and not a glut of random pages that no one ever looks at.